Christmas Day

The day started with the opening of socks on Mom and Dad’s bed.

It was then time for Christmas morning orange rolls..and scones.

It is always youngest to oldest on the way to the tree.

The opening has begun………..finally!!

Josh got a little cooking machine and made us pizza and omelets for lunch.

The kaleidoscope was the other big hit.

Christmas Eve

This year we had a quiet Christmas Eve at home with the family.  We had turkey for dinner. 

We even did the gravy the right way.  (Our Thanksgiving Day gravy was gross this year!)

Dinner is served.

We held our traditional talent show.

Ashley played her clarinet.

Josh showed us his Lego skills.

Amanda told us jokes.

Shaylin wanted to show us a perfect push up, but Derby got in the way.

Eddie and I snag duets with our Omni cord.Now that was a treat!!!  We followed the talent show up with some traditional carols and the Christmas Story.

It was than time for Grandma’s PJ’s.  The kids favorite part of the night.

We missed Nichelle, Mike and Tennyson!!!!

Family Fun

It maybe too cold for Wrigley to do anything except hide from the cold, but we managed to find some fun.

 

 

That is until Shaylin got her wisdom teeth out….

Christmas Cookies

One of our favorite things to do at Christmas is to decorate Christmas Cookies.  We start out very traditionally.

Eddie was in charge of making the colors.  We have no idea how or what he was thinking when he made this color.

 

After we do some traditional cookies we try to get a little creative.

Shaylin did one with her grade point average for the semester.  She was proud of her grades this semester.

SSHHH!! Don’t tell anyone we ate a few along the way:)

It was a delicious morning!!!

Thanksgiving Dinner

It was fun to have the whole gang home for Thanksgiving.  Part of my goal for the weekend was to bond through cooking. 

Shaylin and I made our first homemade rolls. (OK, so it was a box of Lion House rolls but we did need to add the yeast)

We put the bread dough by the heater vent in the bathroom.  That is what Grandma Hartmann always used to do.  She said it was a nice warm place and made the dough rise faster.

Mike made the world’s best cornbread.  It was so good he had to make a batch everyday of his visit.  Shaylin even took a big piece back to BYUI with her. Josh made his first homemade apple pie with a little (OK a lot) of help from Eddie.  It even had lattice work.

(I had to add this…..just because I loved the view!!)

Perfection!!!

Soon the potatoes were mashed (my favorite part!!)

Tennyson shared in the joy of mashed potatoes.

And the feast began!!

We ate and ate and ate.  

Even the dogs got a special treat.